Nerial, the developer of the Reigns sequence and different video games, has introduced plans to close down. This marks the tip of a 13-year run. The London-based studio posted a lengthy message on social media saying it was coming into “hibernation mode” after discussing plans to finish energetic growth with its publishing companions at Devolver Digital.
“It’s been an unimaginable journey. We got here into this with no expectations or ambitions and we’ll always remember the utter puzzlement of releasing Reigns in 2016 to so many gamers, the fascinating and barely disturbed Card Shark fan artwork gamers are nonetheless sending us, the fun of Reigns increasing with diversifications of Recreation of Thrones, Animal Farm, Three Kingdoms, and the most recent, Reigns: The Witcher. Not forgetting our most formidable undertaking, The Crush Home, which we stay immensely pleased with.”
Nerial doesn’t present particular causes for the closure, however states that whereas the studio could also be closing, the workers will stay working in sport growth following a break to “replicate on every thing that’s occurred earlier than coming again with a brand new perspective.”
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Nerial burst onto the scene with Reigns in 2016, a card-based role-playing sport the place gamers assume the position of a monarch to rule and handle a kingdom. Reigns’ recognition spawned a sequence of sequels, similar to Reigns: Her Majesty, and licensed spin-offs Reigns: Recreation of Thrones and Reigns: The Witcher (which launched this 12 months and will probably be Nerial’s ultimate launch). Nerial additionally developed titles similar to The Crush Home and Card Shark.
Nerial’s demise is the most recent in what’s sadly turning into an extended record of developer closures in 2026. Meta shuttered three of its VR developers: Twisted Pixel (‘Splosion Man), Sanzaru Video games (Asgard’s Wrath), and Armature Studio (ReCore). Different studios to shut their doorways this 12 months embrace Bluepoint Games (Demon’s Souls remake), Ivy Road (Wanderstop), Intrepid Studios (Ashes of Creation), Spiders (Greedfall), Night School (Oxenfree), and Polyarc (Moss).